Jay-Z
“Dead Presidents”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Abdul Malik Abbott
Jay-Z returned after his debut single and music video “In My Lifetime” about a year later with his very first album titled “Reasonable Doubt”. This is the first single and music video from that album, “Dead Presidents”. The song concerns the underworld of …

OJ Da Juiceman hits the scene with his debut album —˜The Otha Side Of The Trap’, and proves that he is ready for mainstream success. This album is not for everybody, as a majority of the songs are “trap” songs, and a majority of the CD is about selling drugs …

Overview - Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden’s ninth effort, follows with the traditional standards I have for an Iron Maiden album: great vocal performance, excellent guitar riffs, harmonies, and solos, and just great songwriting in general. Most of Fear Of The Dark follows through on these standards aside …

The sad sound of keyboard introduces this song, a ballad coming from David Slater. I have no idea who he is, what I only know is that he made a very sad song about love that can make you cry. It was popular in the 90’s but I am …

Love Henry is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album World Gone Wrong. The song opens up with a light acoustic guitar pattern which serves as a nice introduction to the song before Dylan comes in with the vocals. Dylan’s lyrics focus on a story so …

I have been listening to Bob Weir for 29 years now and he still amazes me; i just really, really, like his guitar playing. Although he is by no means the greatest of all guitar players, he is by far one of the greats. In my opinion he has …

Star Track is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their record Crown Of Creation. The song starts off with a guitar part with a moderate tempo before the vocals come in pretty quickly. The vocal delivery strikes me as somewhat laid-back which gives the song a very …

Born Cross-Eyed is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Anthem Of The Sun. Just as a note, I’m reviewing the version of this song which appeared on Anthem Of The Sun originally, I’m not reviewing the single version of this song which I believe …

Lips of an Angel is one of my least favorite songs of all time. When the song was first released, everyone I knew was playing it constantly. Every time I called one of my friends, it was their ring back tone and most of the people I knew set …

Rascal Flatts in known for their slow, romantic, beautiful songs but I think that this one is very special. They sing with such passion and in avery unique way. This song is about a man who is obviously in love with a woman who he believes is absolutely the …

This is an album complication of some of the most famous rock songs from the world’s best bands. There are about 15 songs from the album, as coming from the best 90’s acts like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots and REM. Since these are the bands I grew …

Crazy Mama is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Black And Blue. The song starts out in a pretty laid-back fashion with sort of a lazy and casual guitar riff which gives way to a short lead played over it. Jagger comes with the …

You Have To Be Joking (Autopsy Of The Devil’s Brain) is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their fifth record, Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, I have high hopes that the band will embrace a different sound …

Matthew Good’s latest release was released on October 6th 2009, and is called Vancouver. This release is homage to his life growing up in BC. The tracks are deep with profound and clever lyrics much like the rest of his work. There is
not a song on the …

The last time anyone had heard of the Hieroglyphics crew together on one album was way back with their debut “3rd Eye Vision”. The album presented more or less Jazzy Hip Hop beats by the infamous JayBiz, and was chock full of intelligent and witty lyrics. “3rd Eye Vision” …

The new album by kiss Sonic Boom is an excellent album that shows that kiss is still rocking today and even still making good music with fairly recent drummer Eric Singer and Guitarist Tommy Thayer. The song Modern Day Delilah is the first track off the album and it …

L.L. Cool J’s album . Mama Said Knock you Out is one of the best rap CDs to ever come out. This is a true hip hop classic. I really liked this album and lot and I thought that the beats were very well done, as well as the lyrics. …

This genre music is Blues, and it is a live CD. I pretty much have a good time listening to it, which belongs to my brother.
I like the fact that the songs inside are very likeable, and spot on. I could find myself humming to the tunes …

Taproot is a band from Michigan that has made it into the mainstream, but I’ve never been sure how popular they really are outside of their home state. They’re definitely worth a listen, though. “Poem” is the most well-known song off of this CD, and for good …

All You Need Is Love is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Magical Mystery Tour, the band’s most psychedelic work. The track starts off with a very royal and majestic sounding horn section before the vocals come in repeating the word “love”. Hopefully you can …

Three Peaches is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their debut record On Avery Island. Opening up with a short horn introduction, Magnum comes in with the vocals of the track with a delivery that seems to have a slightly sad tone to it which matches …

This is the 9th album by the band and the last to Feature Jack Owen on guitar (he was later replaced by Rob Barret) the album was recorded in El Paso Texas with Neil Kernon and Cannibal Corpse and released in 2004 on Metal Blade Records, like all the …

Overview - Broken, the first EP put out by Nine Inch Nails, is basically eight extremely aggressive songs just fueled by anger, which becomes obvious not only through Reznor’s voice but even through his guitar playing. Generally I’m not a huge fan of albums that have just one feel …

Charged GBH- one of the most legendary and longest lasting bands in the history of UK punk. Since 1978, GBH has raised hell non-stop. Their releases, with sounds ranging from classic punk to metal, never fail to become an essential piece in any rock n roll collection. As if …

One Of The Boys is an album from Katy Perry one of my new favorite singers. The following are sone songs you’ve probably heard before because they are the sigles from the album. They are as follows: I Kissed A Girl, Hot N Cold, Thinking Of You, …

The soundtrack for the movie Twilight fits the story perfectly. It is one of my favorite CDs in my own collection. I am very picky about my music. Prior to listening to this soundtrack, I only knew of two bands that were listed.
The first time I heard the …

R. Kelly
“A Woman’s Threat”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“A Woman’s Threat” is the second official single and music video from his fourth solo album “TP-2.COM”, following the previous “I WIsh” and its remix. R. Kelly dons both braided and puffed-out hairdos in different scenes, all which consist of a library (which looks it’s …

Well here we go then, the first 2011 hard rock album that is destined to be over rated all year. Hurtsmile have been on the scene since 2007 and is basically a side project for EXTREME fron tman Gary Cherone and his guitarist brother Mark Cherone, who oddly enough …

Off of the second Led Zeppelin album, Led Zeppelin 2. The song Moby Dick is a four and a half minute jam by the band but mostly a solo spot for drummer John Bonham. The song has a pretty short musical intro, but that riff that John Paul Jones …

Megadeth is Dave Mustaine. Everybody in the metal scene knew that he the one who helped Metallica and how he got kick from it. From that he always try to beat Metallica but luck is not in his side. Apart from being a one time junkie Dave Mustaine is …

This is the third CD by Taylor Swift. I have been listening to it on repeat for the last three weeks. I have fallen in love with it, and there are plenty of reasons why.
First and foremost, Taylor has proved that she is not just someone who will …

Garden of Serenity by David & Steve Gordon is one of the few relaxing audio CDs that I did not enjoy. The reason I did not find this CD to be as relaxing or as peaceful is because the nature sounds on this CD are really much too loud …

I can’t even begin to explain the excitement that I felt when I heard that Opio from the Hieroglyphics crew would be dropping a solo release. He has always been one of my favorite rappers from the Hieroglyphics crew. The first time I heard word of his solo album …

Metallica’s debut 1983 album Kill Em All was going to be titled “Metal up your ass” but the record company made them change it before it’s release. This could be Metallica’s most impressive album, technically. The parts are faster then most anything by Metallica, the solos are huge, and …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Right Here”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
“Right Here” is the first single and music video off of SWV’s debut album “It’s About Time”. In this video, SWV comes across as somewhat of a TLC clone in terms o the clothes they don and the rap verse that …

Once again a new comer from R n B singer comes again. Paula Deanda I guess is still new in R n B music, but I like almost all of her songs. One of those song is walk away. The melodic its preety up tempo, but exactli it …

Turn It On is a song by The Flaming Lips and appears as the opening song on the band’s sixth release, Transmissions From The Satellite Heart. Opening up with an acoustic guitar yet a surprisingly heavy backing rhythm, the first thing I notice about Turn It On is that …

I got a copy of this due to a recommendation from a good friend in the music biz that knows my taste pretty well and always seems to introduce me to things i like.
when he told me to seek this album out i had to call him to …

Purgatory is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their album Killers. Purgatory starts off with a quick and aggressive guitar riff in the left channel while a reinforcing rhythm can be heard in the right channel before all of the instruments start to go down the middle …

I was browsing through some of my old CDs, and I came across The Purple Tape by Lisa Loeb. It’s been awhile since I listened to it, so I put it on to listen. I remember Lisa Loeb, with her specky image, and a sort of like a …

After listening to the Pirates of the Carribean Ultimate Swashbuckler collection CD that came with our Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man’s Chest DVD, I can understand why they chose to give it away rather than sell it.
While it is a good historical account of the songs pirates often …

This album is really good, and I think that it deserves a lot more credit, when one looks at it retrospectively. By this I mean that most people associate Blur with their first records, and the songs that were on their first albums, whereas the later ones kind of …

Record Exchange
1600 Spring Garden St
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 273-6300
If you like music, then you will be a fan of the record exchange. This psuedo independent record store on west market street is a music lovers dream. One of the greatest features of this store is taht they have musicians come …

This album is the closest thing to musical perfection in rock and metal that I’ve heard in a long time. Personally, I think that this is a musical masterpiece from Mushroomhead. The first track, “Kill Tomorrow”, begins slow and steady with Jeffrey Nothing’s vocal starting as well. Then the …

There is a title that screams for attention. It is Judas Priests cd that sits on top of the stack…Screaming for vengeance.Song one of this 1982 rock classic is a combo actually of an electric riff and a following song that feeds off the electricity that sparks from …

The Bends is a song by Radiohead which appears on their second album of the same name. Opening up with a fairly heavy guitar riff, the song immediately starts out with a rhythm I enjoy and a full and healthy rock sound. Yorke can be heard singing a few …

March Of The Meanies is an instrumental track which appears on The Beatles’ record, Yellow Submarine. Let me first start by saying that I really didn’t like many of the instrumental tracks on Yellow Submarine with the rare of exception of one or two, March Of The Meanies being …

The Florida Death Metal band Cannibal Corpse’s 1991 follow up to the 1990 classic death metal album Eaten Back To Life ups the ante. This time around the album cover is even more shocking, (by the name of the album you can take a good guess as to what …

I really like this song, it remain me when I’m in high school. The day you went away is still memorize in my mind though this song is over 7 years. Unfortunately, M2M the group who’s singing this song is already no longer exist. Marion and Marit, girls who’s …

A Great instrumental song by the german hard rock band The Scorpions is the track Coast To Coast off of the album Lovedrive. I really like this instrumental, I even got to see it live and it is the one track where a third guitar is played by the …